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The New Solomon: Robert of Naples (1309-1343) and Fourteenth-Century Kingship

By Samantha Kelly

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
9004129456, 9789004129450, 9781423712244
Open Library ID
OL22536918M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5093732 bytes)
Series
Medieval Mediterranean
Pages
376\376
Topic
History
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This volume analyses Robert of Naples' policies and image in the context of larger shifts in rulership from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Treating kingship as a joint enterprise of king and court, it draws on an interdisciplinary range of sources from chronicles, sermons, popular poetry and works of art to diplomatic and archival records, to reassess the major issues of his reign and underscore the importance of image-making and negotiation to his rule. The final chapter tracks the legacy of his image as ''the Wise'', adopted by later 14th-century kings of France, Bohemia and England before its eclipse in favour of princely prudence in the Renaissance.

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